flame up

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o aumento súbito da intensidade de uma chama ou de uma combustão, e também, em sentido figurado, o agravamento repentino de emoções ou conflitos.

A phrasal verb used to indicate suddenly burning more strongly or becoming more intense, often used figuratively for emotions or conflicts.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, sem objeto

1. Burst into fireformal

   To suddenly start burning with a bright flame.

   Irromper em chamas

   • The dry leaves flamed up when the match was dropped.
   • The campfire flamed up after adding more wood.
   • The building flamed up quickly due to the gas leak.

   Sinônimosblaze upcatch firecombustflare upignite

2. Become angry or intenseinformal

   To suddenly become very angry or emotional.

   Explodir de raiva

   • He flamed up when he heard the insult.
   • Her temper flamed up during the argument.
   • The debate flamed up after the controversial statement.

   Sinônimosblaze upboil overflare upfly off the handlesee red

   Antônimoscalmcoolsoothe

Verbo baseflame